A cyberattack compromised three employee email accounts at Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine, which led to about 56,953 individuals being personally notified.
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Several employees of New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center got tricked by an email phishing scam after a hacker took over one of their co-worker's accounts.
Hospitals and health systems continue to recover from a July 18 IT issue disrupting service for some Microsoft customers.
A global cyber outage that disrupted industries including healthcare, aviation and the media July 19 shows how interconnected IT systems are and the reliance on third-party vendors, health system leaders say.
Two hackers pleaded guilty to participating in a ransomware group that has extorted approximately $500 million from organizations including hospitals.
Poway, Calif.-based Palomar Health Medical Group has made progress in restoring its systems after a cybersecurity event forced them offline in May.
UnitedHealth Group's CEO said the company was "over-optimistic" about how quickly business would return to normal following the Change Healthcare cyberattack.
Fairfield (Ill.) Memorial Hospital notified patients of a cybersecurity incident July 3 and is providing resources to protect patients' personal information.
UnitedHealth Group expects costs associated with the February cyberattack against Change Healthcare to cost around $2.45 billion, according to a report in the Star Tribune.
Three U.S. senators have introduced a bill aimed at alleviating the unceasing number of cyberattacks affecting healthcare.